Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Alibaba-backed Xpeng gets production license for Zhaoqing car plant
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Xpeng, backed by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and Xiaomi Corp , said on Tuesday it has production license for its fully-owned Zhaoqing car p...
May 18, 2020
White House panel: Build new tech infrastructure for future jobs
By David Shepardson and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A White House advisory panel on Tuesday will call for the government and private industry to work together to build new technological inf...
May 18, 2020
Financial gain trumps espionage as top motivator in cyber attacks: report
By Arriana McLymore NEW YORK (Reuters) - Money trumped spying as the top motivator for data breaches last year, according to Verizon's annual report on cyber crimes published on Tuesday. About nine ou...
May 18, 2020
Electric car sales to fall, but not as much as other vehicles: research
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Worldwide electric car registrations are set to fall 18% this year, but those of combustion engine cars are set to drop even faster, analysts BloombergNEF (BNEF) said on Tuesday,...
May 18, 2020
Nicaragua reports more pneumonia deaths, some tied to COVID-19
By Ismael Lopez MANAGUA (Reuters) - Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said on Monday that 309 people have died of pneumonia since January in the Central American country, 87 more people than in the s...
May 18, 2020
Vietnam targets e-commerce turnover reaching $35 billion by 2025
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam is aiming for double-digit annual growth in the turnover of e-commerce over the next five years, forecasting that sales in the sector could be worth $35 billion by 2025 in th...
May 18, 2020
Chinese embassy says Australia claim of WHA vindication ‘a joke’
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Chinese Embassy in Australia said it was "nothing but a joke" for Australia to claim that a World Health Assembly (WHA) resolution that calls for an inquiry into the coronavirus...
May 18, 2020
Empty middle seat? Depends on which country you are flying in
By Jamie Freed, Stella Qiu and Anne Kauranen SYDNEY/BEIJING/HELSINKI (Reuters) - In Thailand, you cannot have food or water in flight and must wear a mask. In Malaysia and Indonesia, the plane needs t...
May 18, 2020
India coronavirus infections surge past 100,000, deaths top 3,000
By Jane Wardell (Reuters) - Coronavirus cases in India reached 100,000 on Tuesday, matching the number of intensive care unit beds in the country, while the rate of growth of new infections showed lit...
May 18, 2020
Trump threatens permanent freeze of WHO funding, review of U.S. membership
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to permanently halt funding for the World Health Organization (WHO) if it did not commit to improvements within 30 days, and to reconsider ...
May 18, 2020
